Mary W. Lee (1859-1930)

Mary W. Lee was born on 5 September 1859 in Delaware. She died on 30 November 1930 in New Castle, Delaware from chronic gallstones. She is buried in Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware. She married Clayton Clay Collins on 24 December 1879.

Mary W. Lee's grave marker

Mary W. Lee's death certificate

Mary W. Lee's marriage certificate

The News Journal, 1 December 1930

Mrs. Mary W. Brown, 70, died yesterday at her home, 404 West Twenty-second St., of an illness of nine weeks. She will be buried Wednesday afternoon following services to be held at the home at 2.30 at which the Rev. William Lamming, rector of St. Luke Reformed Episcopal Church, of which she was a member, will officiate. Interment will be in the Wilmington and Brandywine cemetery.

Mrs. Brown was the widow of Thomas R. Brown, of this city, who died a number of years ago. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Elsie M. Haislett, with whom she resided; one son, Norman F. Collins, and a granddaughter, Evelyn N. Haislett. She was born in Wilmington

PARENTS
Charles P. Lee
Hannah Ann Perkins

SPOUSES
Clayton Clay Collins

Thomas R. Brown

CHILDREN

Norval Frank Collins

Elsie May Collins

SOURCES

• 1870 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delawrae 
• 1880 census, Mill Creek, New Castle, Delaware
• 1900 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• 1910 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• 1920 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• 1930 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware 
• The Quaker Ogdens in America by Charles Burr Ogden
• The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) 1 December 1930 
• Delaware Vital Records 
• Find A Grave